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  1. CW: CW - Mention of dismemberment, #MMIW

    A #NativeAmerican girl was found dead and dismembered by an Arizona highway. Will her killer ever be found?

    “Criminals and bad actors believe that they can get away with (crimes) on the Indian reservations.”
    —attorney and activist Margo Hill-Ferguson

    By Rob Picheta
    Feb 13, 2026

    "Carolyn Bender remembers her niece’s smile: broad and vibrant and heartbreakingly innocent, as though the whole world was in on her joke.
    She remembers Emily drawing in the back seat of the car, and teasing her younger brother, and the sound of her soft-spoken voice. She recalls with a smile her love of being active in the outdoors: Emily was 'always on a swing, always in a pool.'

    "That’s how #EmilyPike’s family remembers her. But for many in her tribe and across Arizona, she is known for something else: Being the victim of a savage crime.

    "Last year Emily – a 14-year-old member of the #SanCarlosApache tribe – went missing from her group home in #MesaAZ, an eastern suburb of #PhoenixAZ. Her dismembered body was discovered by hikers nearly three weeks later and around 70 miles away, stuffed into trash bags left by the side of a rural highway.

    "A multi-pronged investigation by federal and tribal authorities, with the support of the #FBI, has seemingly stalled. And a year later Emily’s family is still left waiting, desperately, for justice.
    But her grisly killing underscores a broader problem: an epidemic of violence against #NativeAmericanWomen and girls who go missing or are killed at a staggeringly high rate.

    "Native people were reported missing more than 10,200 times in 2024, according to the latest available FBI data: a rate of 28 missing person cases a day, or more than one an hour. Over 7,000 of those cases involved children, and more than 4,000 involved girls.

    "This is a crisis hidden in plain sight, campaigners and tribal leaders say. In 2023, homicide was the fourth-leading cause of death for Native American men under the age of 45, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the sixth-leading cause for women of the same age. And in a landmark study conducted a decade ago, more than four in five Native American women said they had experienced violence in their lifetime. "

    Read more [paywall?]:
    cnn.com/2026/02/13/us/emily-pi

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/XhhqA

    #MMIW #MMIWG #StolenSisters #MurderedSisters #MMIWGT2S #MMIWG2S #NoMoreStolenSisters #InidgenousRights #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #WhoKeepsUsSafe #MurderedAndMissingIndigenosuWomen

  2. CW: CW - Mention of dismemberment, #MMIW

    A #NativeAmerican girl was found dead and dismembered by an Arizona highway. Will her killer ever be found?

    “Criminals and bad actors believe that they can get away with (crimes) on the Indian reservations.”
    —attorney and activist Margo Hill-Ferguson

    By Rob Picheta
    Feb 13, 2026

    "Carolyn Bender remembers her niece’s smile: broad and vibrant and heartbreakingly innocent, as though the whole world was in on her joke.
    She remembers Emily drawing in the back seat of the car, and teasing her younger brother, and the sound of her soft-spoken voice. She recalls with a smile her love of being active in the outdoors: Emily was 'always on a swing, always in a pool.'

    "That’s how #EmilyPike’s family remembers her. But for many in her tribe and across Arizona, she is known for something else: Being the victim of a savage crime.

    "Last year Emily – a 14-year-old member of the #SanCarlosApache tribe – went missing from her group home in #MesaAZ, an eastern suburb of #PhoenixAZ. Her dismembered body was discovered by hikers nearly three weeks later and around 70 miles away, stuffed into trash bags left by the side of a rural highway.

    "A multi-pronged investigation by federal and tribal authorities, with the support of the #FBI, has seemingly stalled. And a year later Emily’s family is still left waiting, desperately, for justice.
    But her grisly killing underscores a broader problem: an epidemic of violence against #NativeAmericanWomen and girls who go missing or are killed at a staggeringly high rate.

    "Native people were reported missing more than 10,200 times in 2024, according to the latest available FBI data: a rate of 28 missing person cases a day, or more than one an hour. Over 7,000 of those cases involved children, and more than 4,000 involved girls.

    "This is a crisis hidden in plain sight, campaigners and tribal leaders say. In 2023, homicide was the fourth-leading cause of death for Native American men under the age of 45, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the sixth-leading cause for women of the same age. And in a landmark study conducted a decade ago, more than four in five Native American women said they had experienced violence in their lifetime. "

    Read more [paywall?]:
    cnn.com/2026/02/13/us/emily-pi

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/XhhqA

    #MMIW #MMIWG #StolenSisters #MurderedSisters #MMIWGT2S #MMIWG2S #NoMoreStolenSisters #InidgenousRights #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #WhoKeepsUsSafe #MurderedAndMissingIndigenosuWomen

  3. CW: CW - Mention of dismemberment, #MMIW

    A #NativeAmerican girl was found dead and dismembered by an Arizona highway. Will her killer ever be found?

    “Criminals and bad actors believe that they can get away with (crimes) on the Indian reservations.”
    —attorney and activist Margo Hill-Ferguson

    By Rob Picheta
    Feb 13, 2026

    "Carolyn Bender remembers her niece’s smile: broad and vibrant and heartbreakingly innocent, as though the whole world was in on her joke.
    She remembers Emily drawing in the back seat of the car, and teasing her younger brother, and the sound of her soft-spoken voice. She recalls with a smile her love of being active in the outdoors: Emily was 'always on a swing, always in a pool.'

    "That’s how #EmilyPike’s family remembers her. But for many in her tribe and across Arizona, she is known for something else: Being the victim of a savage crime.

    "Last year Emily – a 14-year-old member of the #SanCarlosApache tribe – went missing from her group home in #MesaAZ, an eastern suburb of #PhoenixAZ. Her dismembered body was discovered by hikers nearly three weeks later and around 70 miles away, stuffed into trash bags left by the side of a rural highway.

    "A multi-pronged investigation by federal and tribal authorities, with the support of the #FBI, has seemingly stalled. And a year later Emily’s family is still left waiting, desperately, for justice.
    But her grisly killing underscores a broader problem: an epidemic of violence against #NativeAmericanWomen and girls who go missing or are killed at a staggeringly high rate.

    "Native people were reported missing more than 10,200 times in 2024, according to the latest available FBI data: a rate of 28 missing person cases a day, or more than one an hour. Over 7,000 of those cases involved children, and more than 4,000 involved girls.

    "This is a crisis hidden in plain sight, campaigners and tribal leaders say. In 2023, homicide was the fourth-leading cause of death for Native American men under the age of 45, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the sixth-leading cause for women of the same age. And in a landmark study conducted a decade ago, more than four in five Native American women said they had experienced violence in their lifetime. "

    Read more [paywall?]:
    cnn.com/2026/02/13/us/emily-pi

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/XhhqA

    #MMIW #MMIWG #StolenSisters #MurderedSisters #MMIWGT2S #MMIWG2S #NoMoreStolenSisters #InidgenousRights #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #WhoKeepsUsSafe #MurderedAndMissingIndigenosuWomen

  4. CW: CW - Mention of dismemberment, #MMIW

    A #NativeAmerican girl was found dead and dismembered by an Arizona highway. Will her killer ever be found?

    “Criminals and bad actors believe that they can get away with (crimes) on the Indian reservations.”
    —attorney and activist Margo Hill-Ferguson

    By Rob Picheta
    Feb 13, 2026

    "Carolyn Bender remembers her niece’s smile: broad and vibrant and heartbreakingly innocent, as though the whole world was in on her joke.
    She remembers Emily drawing in the back seat of the car, and teasing her younger brother, and the sound of her soft-spoken voice. She recalls with a smile her love of being active in the outdoors: Emily was 'always on a swing, always in a pool.'

    "That’s how #EmilyPike’s family remembers her. But for many in her tribe and across Arizona, she is known for something else: Being the victim of a savage crime.

    "Last year Emily – a 14-year-old member of the #SanCarlosApache tribe – went missing from her group home in #MesaAZ, an eastern suburb of #PhoenixAZ. Her dismembered body was discovered by hikers nearly three weeks later and around 70 miles away, stuffed into trash bags left by the side of a rural highway.

    "A multi-pronged investigation by federal and tribal authorities, with the support of the #FBI, has seemingly stalled. And a year later Emily’s family is still left waiting, desperately, for justice.
    But her grisly killing underscores a broader problem: an epidemic of violence against #NativeAmericanWomen and girls who go missing or are killed at a staggeringly high rate.

    "Native people were reported missing more than 10,200 times in 2024, according to the latest available FBI data: a rate of 28 missing person cases a day, or more than one an hour. Over 7,000 of those cases involved children, and more than 4,000 involved girls.

    "This is a crisis hidden in plain sight, campaigners and tribal leaders say. In 2023, homicide was the fourth-leading cause of death for Native American men under the age of 45, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the sixth-leading cause for women of the same age. And in a landmark study conducted a decade ago, more than four in five Native American women said they had experienced violence in their lifetime. "

    Read more [paywall?]:
    cnn.com/2026/02/13/us/emily-pi

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/XhhqA

    #MMIW #MMIWG #StolenSisters #MurderedSisters #MMIWGT2S #MMIWG2S #NoMoreStolenSisters #InidgenousRights #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #WhoKeepsUsSafe #MurderedAndMissingIndigenosuWomen

  5. CW: CW - Mention of dismemberment, #MMIW

    A #NativeAmerican girl was found dead and dismembered by an Arizona highway. Will her killer ever be found?

    “Criminals and bad actors believe that they can get away with (crimes) on the Indian reservations.”
    —attorney and activist Margo Hill-Ferguson

    By Rob Picheta
    Feb 13, 2026

    "Carolyn Bender remembers her niece’s smile: broad and vibrant and heartbreakingly innocent, as though the whole world was in on her joke.
    She remembers Emily drawing in the back seat of the car, and teasing her younger brother, and the sound of her soft-spoken voice. She recalls with a smile her love of being active in the outdoors: Emily was 'always on a swing, always in a pool.'

    "That’s how #EmilyPike’s family remembers her. But for many in her tribe and across Arizona, she is known for something else: Being the victim of a savage crime.

    "Last year Emily – a 14-year-old member of the #SanCarlosApache tribe – went missing from her group home in #MesaAZ, an eastern suburb of #PhoenixAZ. Her dismembered body was discovered by hikers nearly three weeks later and around 70 miles away, stuffed into trash bags left by the side of a rural highway.

    "A multi-pronged investigation by federal and tribal authorities, with the support of the #FBI, has seemingly stalled. And a year later Emily’s family is still left waiting, desperately, for justice.
    But her grisly killing underscores a broader problem: an epidemic of violence against #NativeAmericanWomen and girls who go missing or are killed at a staggeringly high rate.

    "Native people were reported missing more than 10,200 times in 2024, according to the latest available FBI data: a rate of 28 missing person cases a day, or more than one an hour. Over 7,000 of those cases involved children, and more than 4,000 involved girls.

    "This is a crisis hidden in plain sight, campaigners and tribal leaders say. In 2023, homicide was the fourth-leading cause of death for Native American men under the age of 45, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the sixth-leading cause for women of the same age. And in a landmark study conducted a decade ago, more than four in five Native American women said they had experienced violence in their lifetime. "

    Read more [paywall?]:
    cnn.com/2026/02/13/us/emily-pi

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/XhhqA

    #MMIW #MMIWG #StolenSisters #MurderedSisters #MMIWGT2S #MMIWG2S #NoMoreStolenSisters #InidgenousRights #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #WhoKeepsUsSafe #MurderedAndMissingIndigenosuWomen

  6. 2/

    I realized that I didn't swipe for you to read the background slide in the Instagram post. I'm tired. I've been up since ass o'clock.

    So, I've included it here, but you'll have to pause the video to read it (though I will also put the text right here below).

    In case you're wondering why it's a video this time, I've also included some of the fallout from the Australian rally that took place on August 31st, just in case you still don't believe me that it's Nazis, even if they think of THEMSELVES as the kinder, gentler Nazis.

    If you're willing to march with Nazis, you're a fucking Nazi.

    Text from the slide:

    ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
    Background.
    Tommy Robinson was removed from
    Canada for his hateful views. That's not
    stopping his fanbase from following his
    orders this Saturday.

    A related rally in Australia mere days ago, ended with neo-Nazis attacking a group of Indigenous people, sending some to hospital.

    Christie Pits Park already had a clash between locals and swastika clubs in 1933. Let's not revisit it nearly a century later.

    Come take up space and show solidarity with immigrants and visible minorities,

    Show the fascists that the Christie Pits
    community doesn't support their bigoted
    nonsense rally on September 13th.
    ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️

    #AlertaAlertaAntifascista #FashWatch #Toronto #TorontoActions #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence

  7. 2/

    I realized that I didn't swipe for you to read the background slide in the Instagram post. I'm tired. I've been up since ass o'clock.

    So, I've included it here, but you'll have to pause the video to read it (though I will also put the text right here below).

    In case you're wondering why it's a video this time, I've also included some of the fallout from the Australian rally that took place on August 31st, just in case you still don't believe me that it's Nazis, even if they think of THEMSELVES as the kinder, gentler Nazis.

    If you're willing to march with Nazis, you're a fucking Nazi.

    Text from the slide:

    ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
    Background.
    Tommy Robinson was removed from
    Canada for his hateful views. That's not
    stopping his fanbase from following his
    orders this Saturday.

    A related rally in Australia mere days ago, ended with neo-Nazis attacking a group of Indigenous people, sending some to hospital.

    Christie Pits Park already had a clash between locals and swastika clubs in 1933. Let's not revisit it nearly a century later.

    Come take up space and show solidarity with immigrants and visible minorities,

    Show the fascists that the Christie Pits
    community doesn't support their bigoted
    nonsense rally on September 13th.
    ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️

    #AlertaAlertaAntifascista #FashWatch #Toronto #TorontoActions #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence

  8. 2/

    I realized that I didn't swipe for you to read the background slide in the Instagram post. I'm tired. I've been up since ass o'clock.

    So, I've included it here, but you'll have to pause the video to read it (though I will also put the text right here below).

    In case you're wondering why it's a video this time, I've also included some of the fallout from the Australian rally that took place on August 31st, just in case you still don't believe me that it's Nazis, even if they think of THEMSELVES as the kinder, gentler Nazis.

    If you're willing to march with Nazis, you're a fucking Nazi.

    Text from the slide:

    ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
    Background.
    Tommy Robinson was removed from
    Canada for his hateful views. That's not
    stopping his fanbase from following his
    orders this Saturday.

    A related rally in Australia mere days ago, ended with neo-Nazis attacking a group of Indigenous people, sending some to hospital.

    Christie Pits Park already had a clash between locals and swastika clubs in 1933. Let's not revisit it nearly a century later.

    Come take up space and show solidarity with immigrants and visible minorities,

    Show the fascists that the Christie Pits
    community doesn't support their bigoted
    nonsense rally on September 13th.
    ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️

    #AlertaAlertaAntifascista #FashWatch #Toronto #TorontoActions #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence

  9. 2/

    I realized that I didn't swipe for you to read the background slide in the Instagram post. I'm tired. I've been up since ass o'clock.

    So, I've included it here, but you'll have to pause the video to read it (though I will also put the text right here below).

    In case you're wondering why it's a video this time, I've also included some of the fallout from the Australian rally that took place on August 31st, just in case you still don't believe me that it's Nazis, even if they think of THEMSELVES as the kinder, gentler Nazis.

    If you're willing to march with Nazis, you're a fucking Nazi.

    Text from the slide:

    ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
    Background.
    Tommy Robinson was removed from
    Canada for his hateful views. That's not
    stopping his fanbase from following his
    orders this Saturday.

    A related rally in Australia mere days ago, ended with neo-Nazis attacking a group of Indigenous people, sending some to hospital.

    Christie Pits Park already had a clash between locals and swastika clubs in 1933. Let's not revisit it nearly a century later.

    Come take up space and show solidarity with immigrants and visible minorities,

    Show the fascists that the Christie Pits
    community doesn't support their bigoted
    nonsense rally on September 13th.
    ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️

    #AlertaAlertaAntifascista #FashWatch #Toronto #TorontoActions #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence

  10. 2/

    I realized that I didn't swipe for you to read the background slide in the Instagram post. I'm tired. I've been up since ass o'clock.

    So, I've included it here, but you'll have to pause the video to read it (though I will also put the text right here below).

    In case you're wondering why it's a video this time, I've also included some of the fallout from the Australian rally that took place on August 31st, just in case you still don't believe me that it's Nazis, even if they think of THEMSELVES as the kinder, gentler Nazis.

    If you're willing to march with Nazis, you're a fucking Nazi.

    Text from the slide:

    ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
    Background.
    Tommy Robinson was removed from
    Canada for his hateful views. That's not
    stopping his fanbase from following his
    orders this Saturday.

    A related rally in Australia mere days ago, ended with neo-Nazis attacking a group of Indigenous people, sending some to hospital.

    Christie Pits Park already had a clash between locals and swastika clubs in 1933. Let's not revisit it nearly a century later.

    Come take up space and show solidarity with immigrants and visible minorities,

    Show the fascists that the Christie Pits
    community doesn't support their bigoted
    nonsense rally on September 13th.
    ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️

    #AlertaAlertaAntifascista #FashWatch #Toronto #TorontoActions #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence

  11. And back in the city in time for... an encampment clearing.

    Imagine making $107,000/year ripping down people's meagre shelters and stealing their few belongings. That's the lowest salary among these assholes.

    Also, Kyle (in the blue, running away) would like it known that he is "uncomfortable" with people filming him as he lies to encampment residents about the likelihood of being housed, and threatening them.

    And yeah, they have the public order unit chilling on standby.

    #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingForAll #HousingNow #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #WhoKeepsUsSafe

  12. A long day of #CommunityDefence is about half over.

    Encampment support with the City threatening to clear tents at Holy Trinity. Love those tactical nurses! 🖕🏾

    Court support for comrades.
    (Standing room only!)

    Two more community actions today.

    #Toronto #TorontoActions #TorontoActivists #FreePalestine #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #WhoKeepsUsSafe

  13. 1/🧵

    Understanding Terrorism Laws in Part II.1 of Canada’s Criminal Code
    🔸️🔸️🔸️🔸️🔸️
    October 2024

    Part II.1 of the Criminal Code is about terrorism and terrorism offences.

    This post defines relevant terms and summarizes some of the specific offences in Part II.1. It does not address criminal offences outside of Part II.1 of the Criminal Code. It does not address terrorism within Canadian immigration law.

    🔸️🔸️🔸️🔸️
    This is legal information only and does not constitute legal advice.
    🔸️🔸️🔸️🔸️

    #ActivistResouces #resources #PFLP #TorontoActivists #Samidoun #WhoKeepsUsSafe

    (The alt text contains additional info for the slide.)

  14. We're down to one ranty auntie (is that Bahira?) and a walk-through by Al SatanIsYourDaddy (Banerjee's weird sidekick/hypeman).

    The cops left en masse, so I think it's time to call it and see if the cops are harassing Indigenous folks at their action.

    #TorontoActions #Toronto #FuckTransphobia #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence
    #LOLife #LegalObservers


  15. Losing the roof over your head could reduce your lifespan by 17 years.

    That’s the takeaway from a new study published Friday, which warns that the gap between life expectancies for housed versus homeless Torontonians has only been growing, and is especially pronounced for younger generations.

    It’s a gap that persists even after accounting for the outsized toll of substance use and other mental health-related challenges within the city’s homeless population, said researcher Lucie Richard with Unity Health’s MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions.

    Meanwhile, City workers like Belinda Batista, whose job is displacing the unhoused with no actual solutions, live well on the sunshine list for facilitating death. Not an exaggeration.

    thestar.com/news/gta/homeless-

    archive.ph/TaUtw (for the eventual paywall)

    ontariosunshinelist.com/people

    #HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence

  16. 1/🧵

    Today it is snowing, and I'm inside. In fact, as I dictate this, I'm sitting in a hot bath with epsom salts soothing my aches and pains.

    The night before last I was sleeping (well, sitting actually, as I did/could not sleep) outside, my choice, as part of a protest about houselessness in the City of Toronto.
    ⛺️ ⛺️ ⛺️ ⛺️

    It's not the first time I have "slept rough" with unhoused people, but it has been because I have been requested to fulfill a role as a Legal Observer from the Movement Defence Committee, in case of interactions with police.

    As a Black woman, when I have privilege in certain contexts, it is extremely apparent to me. And no, it's not ❝Black privilege❞ as certain #wypipo like to complain about when white privilege is commented on.

    🫠 🫠 🫠 🫠 🫠
    First of all, and it annoys me to have to cover this ground repeatedly, the PRIVILEGE in question is "privilege" vis-à-vis rights, not "privilege" as in wealth.
    🫠 🫠 🫠 🫠 🫠

    1️⃣ The first privilege, and this will probably confuse those of you who insist upon hearing privilege as in *wealth*, is that I have dedicated camping gear (and it is camping gear, as opposed to what I'm relying upon to save my God damn life every night) designed for winter camping, AND I've had the luxury to learn how to use it properly in non-emergency situations.

    Even then, not being able to use a wood stove or start a fire, made things deeply unpleasant. It reached -13°C at one point, and the cold coming up from the cement was brutal, even through the reflectix. I gave one roll of reflectix to someone who was sleeping directly on the ground.

    It was windy, and even with my hammock sock over top of my entire setup, I could feel convection happening. The fact that I EVEN KNOW the difference between convective cooling (the wind pulling the warmed air away from your immediate space) versus conductive cooling (the cement sucking the heat from your body) and how to compensate for it, is part of that privilege.

    Hmmm I'm going to make this into a thread instead of a one post novel.

    #HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingNow
    #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence
    #TorontoActions #AlertaAlertaAntifascista

  17. I wonder if this is part of the #CAHNspiracy

    cbc.ca/news/politics/csis-lgbt


    Canada's intelligence agency is warning that extremists could "inspire and encourage" serious violence against the 2SLGBTQI+ community — a threat the Canadian Security Intelligence Service says almost certainly will continue over the coming year.

    No shit, Sherlock.
    You might try listening to antifascists instead of just spying on us, fuckwads.

    #DragDefence #DragDefense #DragStoryTime #DragDefenders #FuckHomophobes #FuckHomophobia #FuckTransphobia
    #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence #FashWatch #FashWatchCanada #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

  18. 📣 📣 📣 📣
    #Toronto :
    📣 📣 📣 📣

    The same people behind the so-called “1 Million March” last month are planning once again to rally
    ➡️ Saturday, October 21st, 2023 in Queen’s Park ⬅️ for their “right” to abuse youth.

    🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
    NEW START TIME FOR
    THE COUNTER IS 9:30 AM
    🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

    #FuckHomophobes #FuckHomophobia #FuckTransphobia
    #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence #FashWatch #FashWatchCanada #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

    (Good lord it is EARLY.)

  19. I was prepping my team in advance of tomorrow¹, and it occurs me it might be worthwhile just to point people to a good thread to get a feel for the shitshow expect.

    The fash have once again picked a residential area, though there are only two schools this time not three.

    I point you to Stu Bensons live tweeting of the activity: twitter.com/LeftHandStu/status

    Of course, because Twitter no longer lets you read threaded things without an account, I will follow this post up with a list of links of every tweet in the thread.

    #Toronto #TorontoActions
    #FuckHomophobes #FuckHomophobia #FuckTransphobia
    #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence #FashWatch #FashWatchCanada #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe
    _________
    ¹ kolektiva.social/@Gigi/1110605

  20. Rest up #Toronto.
    This shit gets repeated Friday, except with fascist "celebrities".

    🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
    Defend Trans Kids
    Wallingford Rd & Cassandra Blvd
    (North York)
    10:30 AM on Sept. 22
    🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈

    More:
    kolektiva.social/@Gigi/1110605

    #FuckHomophobes #FuckHomophobia #FuckTransphobia
    #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence #FashWatch #FashWatchCanada #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

  21. Oh Christ.

    Apparently #CarymaNgo is railing against straight white people coming out for #CommunityDefence and for helping block her fash-rimming ass from the 2SLGBTQI+ people she wants to target.

    Well, I'm not white, but I am straight, and I stand in solidarity because I'm not narcissistic enough to think that allying with Nazis is magically going to buy me some sort of free pass later.

    Recent events Stateside should have shown you what happens to tokens, if nothing else.

    Also, you know that Niemöller poem? The "First they came for" one¹?

    It skips over trans people, but holy shit do they belong on it².

    _______
    ¹ This one hmd.org.uk/resource/first-they

    ² scientificamerican.com/article

    #FuckHomophobes #FuckHomophobia #FuckTransphobia
    #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence #FashWatch #FashWatchCanada #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe
    #TorontoActions #AlertaAlertaAntifascista

  22. 📣 📣 📣 📣 📣
    Re: #Toronto Tomorrow
    📣 📣 📣 📣 📣

    Expect extra riled shitheads in the wake of this statement from the TDSB:

    🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈
    Good Morning Parents/Guardians/Caregivers,

    Please find below an important statement ahead of planned demonstrations this week in our city and across the province.

    Thank you.

    🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈

    Every day, staff across TDSB support student achievement and well-being, and work hard to create inclusive spaces where every student feels valued, seen and empowered.

    As you may be aware, there are demonstrations scheduled to take place in our city this week which, in some past cases, have fostered inflammatory, transphobic, and hateful behaviours against members of 2SLGBTQ+ communities.

    Ahead of these planned demonstrations, we want to make it unequivocally clear that TDSB stands with our trans, Two-Spirit and non-binary students, staff and families, and we support everyone's human rights and expression of gender.

    Harassment, discrimination and hate have no place in TDSB. In our schools, we do not tell students who they should be, but welcome them as they are. We do this by focusing on their academic learning and fostering feelings of belonging as expected in the Ontario curriculum and the Ontario Human Rights Code.

    “The Ontario Human Rights Code (Code) protects everyone from discrimination and harassment based on numerous grounds, including disability, gender identity and expression, race, and religion. In schools, following the Code means that every student has the right to a learning environment free from discrimination, harassment, or other expressions of hatred — an environment where everyone feels safe to learn, thrive, and be themselves”. - (OHRC, Statement on Anti-Hate, June 2023).

    We know that news of the planned demonstrations is upsetting, and students, staff and families may require additional support. TDSB’s social work department is ready to support where needed. Students and/or families should reach out to their school Principal or another staff member at their school to speak with someone about the planned demonstrations, and/or the impact of transphobia and homophobia more broadly. Staff should speak with their principal/manager or reach out directly to the Board’s Employee and Family Assistance Program.

    You can read more about the work we’re doing and the actions we’re taking to interrupt and confront discrimination and hate in our schools and workplaces in TDSB’s Student Learning Strategy for Combatting Hate and Racism and Update on TDSB’s Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Strategy

    ​​​​​​​In support of 2SLGBTQ+ communities, TDSB will be raising the Pride flag at the TDSB Education Centre and administrative sites today and for the remainder of the week.

    Sincerely,

    Colleen Russell-Rawlins
    Director of Education

    Audley Salmon
    Associate Director

    Leola Pon
    Associate Director

    Louise Sirisko
    Associate Director

    Stacey Zucker
    Associate Director

    🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈
    #FuckHomophobes #FuckHomophobia #FuckTransphobia
    #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence #FashWatch #FashWatchCanada #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #topoli #solidarity

  23. O. M. G.
    I love you all so much.

    And I fully know that it is the most fucked up thing in the universe that I, an abolitionist, am thanking you for making the police do their fucking job.

    I cannot say why this is important because of my role at MDC, but this is one of those situations where one arrest, the proper arrest, means correcting two wrong arrests.

    If this asshole hadn't tried to escalate what HE HIMSELF had done, by deploying THE COPS, there's no way in hell I would even have gone to the police station, even covered in paint.

    More momentarily.

    #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #WhoKeepsUsSafe

    #PaintGate
    (Edit: Adding hashtag to pull the parts together.)

  24. 1/🧵 on 🏳️‍🌈 month

    "Can't happen here," you say?

    "This flag is inclusive enough," you say? Oh, YOU didn't say that? That was this asshole yesterday [ image 1 ], so probably for the best you NOT say that.

    You might want to check the #DragDefence hashtag (with the C in "defence" because: Canada) for the sheer volume of it happening here.

    And the results?
    I'm going to do them one by one because they deserve not to be buried in this preamble.

    #AlertaAlertaAntifascista

    #DragDefence #DragDefense #DragStoryTime #DragDefenders #FuckHomophobes #FuckHomophobia #FuckTransphobia
    #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence #FashWatch #FashWatchCanada #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

  25. "And I would have got away with it, too, if it wasn't for those meddlesome kids!"

    Ajax today.
    Motherfucking #WLM Nazis.

    If you know this asshole's employer, you might want to give them a call and let them know what this fucker does for fun.

    BONUS!
    Good time for a lesson for shitlibs like Tanya Fasco 🥾👅:

    These assholes don't want to be unmasked because their neighbours and employers will ostracize them.

    Leftists don't want to be unmasked because this garbage will come to their houses

    You're doing fascist work, Fusco.
    Congrats, you disgusting piece of shit.

    #narc #WhiteWomening #KarensGottaKaren #BootLicker

    #DragDefence #DragDefense #DragStoryTime #DragDefenders #FuckHomophobes #FuckHomophobia #FuckTransphobia
    #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence #FashWatch #FashWatchCanada #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

  26. 📣 #AlertaAlertaAntifascista 📣
    #Newfoundland

    🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
    Show up to support the 2SLGBTQ+ community and trans kids!
    🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

    TOMORROW!
    Friday, June 9 ▪︎ 12:00 PM ⬅️
    Confederation Building
    St. John's, NL

    Note that there has been a time change! ⬅️
    ______
    #NoSpaceForHate

    #nlpoli #DragDefence #DragDefense #DragStoryTime #DragDefenders #FuckHomophobes #FuckHomophobia #FuckTransphobia
    #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence #FashWatch #FashWatchCanada #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

  27. #CommunityDefence
    📣 📣 📣 📣 📣
    Please share with your
    #Ottawa-area networks!
    📣 📣 📣 📣 📣

    🏳️‍⚧️ Drown out hate! 🏳️‍⚧️
    🏳️‍⚧️ Defend trans kids! 🏳️‍⚧️

    Friday, June 9, 2023
    10:00 a.m. 3:30 p.m.
    Broadview & Wellesley
    (one block north of Carling)

    Details:
    communitysolidarityottawa.ca/e
    _________
    #DragDefence #DragDefense #DragStoryTime #DragDefenders #FuckHomophobes #FuckHomophobia #FuckTransphobia
    #WhoKeepsUsSafe #AlertaAlertaAntifascista #FashWatch #FashWatchCanada #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

  28. 🚢 ▪︎ ⛴️ ▪︎ ⛵️ ▪︎ ⛴️ ▪︎ 🚢

    Heads up #Halifax

    🚢 ▪︎ ⛴️ ▪︎ ⛵️ ▪︎ ⛴️ ▪︎ 🚢

    Looks like you've got a #Nazi rally coming to #Dartmouth next weekend.

    Give your friends a warning, especially about the "special guest¹" and the focus of the fashy gathering.

    Also: #CarymaNgo is in town at the moment. Hate to wish her on anyone, but if you want to keep her until then, 🤷🏾‍♀️

    ______
    ¹ My money's on one of the #TerrorTots

    #AlertaAlertaAntifascista #FuckHomophobes #FuckHomophobia #FuckTransphobia
    #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence #FashWatch #FashWatchCanada #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #antifascists

  29. Are you shitting me right now?

    🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

    Why can't the gays and the trans people be polite to the NAZI at the protest?

    🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈

    And for the shitlibs:

    His feelings aren't going to be hurt by being called that, either. He LITERALLY HAS A GIANT HAKENKREUZ tattooed on his chest.

    #CarymaNgo #carymastans

    #DragDefence #DragDefense #DragStoryTime #DragDefenders #FuckHomophobes #FuckHomophobia #FuckTransphobia
    #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence #FashWatch #FashWatchCanada #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

  30. TFW even the FASH are weirded out creepy spouse's obsession with me.

    That's Josh Biggar's flag blocking Lee.
    I had spent the day up to that point quietly warning people about him and his filming, and acting like nothing was up, but then this confused the shit out of me. I think I actually giggled at this.

    Awkward.
    #CreepySpouseInDaHouse
    #NadsMcKneely

    #DragDefence #DragDefense #DragStoryTime #DragDefenders #FuckHomophobes #FuckHomophobia #FuckTransphobia
    #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence #FashWatch #FashWatchCanada #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe